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mingling, intermingling, commingling, coalescing, coalescence,
mixing, mixture, intermixing, amalgamating, amalgamation,
compounding, compound, alloying, alloy, fusing, fusion,
homogenizing, homogenization: Through her wedding of vision to
observation she has produced some truly remarkable paintings.
wedge n. 1 block, chock: A shoe with a wedge heel is called a
'wedgie'. We forced wedges into the cracks in the stone to split
it. 2 separation, separator, division, partition, split,
fissure, cleavage: That woman tried to drive a wedge between me
and my husband.
--v. 3 ram, jam, stuff, cram, crowd, force, squeeze, pack,
thrust: You couldn't have wedged another person into the back
seat of that Mini with a shoehorn.
wee adj. 1 tiny, small, diminutive, little, minuscule, midget,
minute, miniature, Lilliputian, microscopic, Colloq itty-bitty,
itsy-bitsy, teeny(-weeny), teensy(-weensy): Johnny caught his
wee little finger in the door. 2 unimportant, insignificant,
trivial, little, puny: It was only a wee thing, of no interest
to anyone but me.
weep v. 1 cry, shed tears, bawl, blubber, keen, sob, lament, mourn,
bemoan, bewail, moan, grieve, whine, whimper, mewl, pule,
snivel, Colloq blub, boohoo, Brit and Australian whinge: A
small child, sitting by herself, was weeping bitterly. 2 ooze,
seep, exude, drip: The wound had started weeping and needed
bandaging.
weigh v. 1 Sometimes, weigh in at or out at. Colloq tip the scales
at: The sailboard weighed in at 250 pounds. I weigh more than I
should. 2 consider, ponder, contemplate, think on or over or
about, mull over, turn over in the or (one's) mind, ruminate
over, chew over, reflect on or upon, brood over, pore over,
study, examine: After weighing the qualifications of the
candidates, we voted for you. Weigh your words carefully before
responding. 3 judge, estimate, assess, evaluate, value,
determine: It is not easy to weigh each person's contribution
to the effort. 4 Usually, weigh on or upon. lie heavy on,
burden, depress, prey on, oppress, disturb, perturb, upset:
Loneliness weighs heavily on Dave's widow. 5 matter, count,
have (an) effect or influence, carry weight, be of value or